Application of a Better Practices Framework to Review Youth Tobacco Use Cessation
Conclusions: Tension persits between the need for rigor in research and the need for practical intervention guidance. The Better Practices model provided a framework for action recognizing these needs, and its use resulted in a number of valuable products.
Keywords: best practices; evidence review; knowledge synthesis; practice guidelines; youth tobacco cessation
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative, CCS/NCIC National Office, Toronto, ON Canada. 2: Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada.
Publication date: 01 October 2003
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